Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119767.015 - Employee injures shoulder and ribs in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 119767.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 04/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1404795.015	06/07/2019		236220	Cordoba Construction Corp

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on April 15, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in rehabilitation of a two-story commercial building. He was working from a scaffold and performing interior drywall finishing on ceilings and walls, using both hands to apply drywall compound to the new drywall that had been installed. The employee inadvertently stepped off the scaffold platform and fell 4 to 5 feet to the concrete floor. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of injuries to the shoulder and ribs.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Concrete, Construction, Contusion, Drywall, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing, Rehabilitation, Renovation, Rib, Scaffold, Shoulder, Struck Against, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1404795.015	53	M	Hospitalized injury		Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause:

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